Truck.



PATENTED OCT. 18, 1904.

W. I. & G. S. HUNT.

TRUCK.

APPLIOATION FILED snma, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

GYM/( 14 UNTTED STATES Patented October 18, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM I. HUNT AND GEORGE S. HUNT, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

TRUCK.

fiskECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,358, datedOctober 18, 1904.

Application filed $eptembe1 3, 1903. Serial No. 171.717. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM I. HUNT and GEORGE S. HUNT,CltlZGI1S of theUnited States, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. J oseph andState of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTrucks; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the inven tion, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in trucks, and has for its objectto provide asimple and inexpensive device of this character adapted forsupporting and transporting vehicle-bodies and other parts of vehicles,or it may be also utilized for moving furniture orv other articles. Itis more particularly adapted for use in factories where it is desired totransport the vehicle from one department to another-as, for instance,from thepaint-shop to the blacksmith-shop and it serves as a convenientsupport for the vehicle while it is being repaired or painted.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of this inventionreference is to be had to the following description and the accompanyingdrawings, wherein' Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved truck,showing manner of supporting vehicle-seats while being painted orrepaired. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of a portion of the truck, showingthe manner of supporting a piano-box buggy for finishing and rubbing thesides thereof.

Making renewed reference to the drawings, wherein similar referencenotations indicate like parts appearing in the several illustrations,and reference being had thereto, 1 designates a frame which is composedof longitudinal side rails 2 2 and transverse end pieces 3 3, the endsof which extend transversely beyond the side rails, as at 4, to providea broad substantial base for the truck, the end pieces being fitted withsuitable casters 5 to permit of ready transportation. At each corner ofthe frame formed by the side rails 2 and the end pieces 3 are securedvertical uprights 6, the upper ends of which are embraced by pairs ofside rails? 7 and end pieces8 8, which form an upper rectangular frameparallel with the lower frame 1. At each corner of the upper frame is anupstanding bracket-support 9, which may be an extension of the upright 6or a separate piece fitted within the side rails 7, and from the ends ofthese supports project pins 10, adapted to engage apertures in thebrackets.

As shown in Fig. 1, the brackets 11 comprise straight rods or barshaving apertures 12 at each end to engage with the pin 10 of thesupports, and, as shown in Fig. 2, these brackets have a fiat uppersurface upon which a carriage-body or other object may be supported.Each bracket may be held upon its supports by means of a rod 13, theupper end of which is secured to the bracket at a point substantiallyintermediate its end, and the lower end is screw threaded and let intoan aperture in one of the end pieces 8, and when so arranged the bracketmay be clamped down upon the supports 9 by means of thumbnut 14:, whichengages with the lower side of the end pieces 8.

When the side of a vehicle-body is to be finished or polished, the samemay be suspended upon the truck, from the side thereof, as shown in Fig.2, and for this purpose the ends of the bracket 10 are provided withpointed irons or spurs 11, which project slightly beyond the ends of thebracket and which are adapted to engage the inner face of the projectingedge of the side, so that the vehiclebody may be hung upon one or bothsides of the truck, as shown in Fig. 2. It may, however, be supported inthis position by resting it upon the extended ends 4 of the lower endpieces 3, as will be readily understood from the drawings.

For supporting and holding vehicle-seats or other parts, the seat beingshown at B in dotted lines, we provide auxiliary. brackets, whichbrackets extend longitudinally of the truck and consist of bars 18, theends of which are bent downwardly and pin-shaped, so as to fit intoapertures in the brackets 11, leaving a flat unobstructed upper portion,upon which the seat rests. Each end of the auxiliary brackets 18 isprovided with hooks 22*, from Which a buggy-seat may be suspended. Uponthe upper side of each rod is secured a spacerblock 21, on which ismounted a clasping member 22, the ends of which project beyond thespacer block and are turned upwardly to permit the seat to be readilyinserted therebeneath. It will be apparent that any article other thanthose cited may be readily clamped beneath the clasping member'QQ andthat two seats may be clamped on the auxiliary brackets at the sametime, also two seats suspended on each end of the brackets.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A truck comprising alower frame, an upper frame supported by thelower frame, brackets detachably mounted on the upper frame, rods withscrew-threaded lower ends carried by the brackets and projectingdownwardly through a perforation in the upper frame, and thumb-nuts onthe ends of the rods, to clamp the brackets to the upper frame.

2. In a truck, the combination of a frame having bracket-supports, abracket mounted on said supports, means on the bracket engaging theframe to lock the bracket on its supports, and spurs projecting from theends of the brackets from which the work may be suspended.

3. Atruck comprisingalower frame, an upper frame having bracket-supportsat each end thereof, brackets detachably mounted upon said supports, andauxiliary brackets detachably engaged with each of the first-mentionedbrackets.

4. A truck com prising a frame, transverselydisposed brackets detachablymounted upon the frame, auxiliary brackets detachably supported at theiropposite ends by the first-mentioned brackets and disposedlongitudinally of the frame and having clamps, substantially asspecified.

5. A truck comprising a frame having brackets detachably mountedthereon, auxiliary brackets detachably mounted upon the firstmentionedbrackets and provided with clamps and also having hooks at each endthereof,

substantially as specified.

' 6. Atruck comprisingaframehavingbrackets detachably mounted thereon,means for clamping the brackets to the frame, auxiliary bracketsdetachably mounted upon the firstmentioned brackets, a clamping memberupon each of the auxiliary brackets, and hooks at each end of eachauxiliary bracket for supporting the work thereon.

7. In a truck, alower frame composed of side pieces and end pieces, theends of the end pieces being extended transversely beyond the frame toconstitute a shelf on which the work may be supported,vertically-disposed uprights secured to the lower frame, an upper framecomposed of side pieces and end pieces connected at their ends with saiduprights, bracket-supports disposed at each corner of the upper frame,brackets detachabl y mounted upon said supports, means carried by saidbrackets and engaging the end pieces of the upper frame for clamping thebrackets upon their supports,

and auxiliary brackets disposed longitudinally of the frame and having adetachable engagement with the first-mentioned brackets and providedwith means for clamping the work thereon, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

IVILLIAM I. HUNT. GEORGE S. HUNT.

\Vitnesses: I

GEORGE OLTSCH, MAGGIE OLTscH.

